General Wireless has just completed market research on a new smart phone. This new phone is lighter
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The market research on the new phone was $350,000. General Wireless will retool one of its existing manufacturing facilities to produce the new model. The one-time retooling cost is $3,700,000. There will also be $80,000 in retraining costs incurred for workers who lost their jobs manufacturing the existing product. The new facility is expected to increase fixed cash costs of $150,000 per year. Research and development on the new phone took 2 years at a cost of $1,900,000. The R&D group also paid an external company for use of their advanced testing facilities at a further cost of $100,000.
General Wireless has also spent $90,000 in the design of a new corporate headquarters. Building the headquarters will cost $4,000,000.
For capital budgeting purposes, calculate the project's:
a. Initial cost
b. Annual cash flows before tax
Contribution Margin
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Financial Management Theory and Practice
ISBN: 978-0176517304
2nd Canadian edition
Authors: Eugene Brigham, Michael Ehrhardt, Jerome Gessaroli, Richard Nason
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